Grant Awards in April 2005

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Principal Investigator Project Title/Link
1. Conventional Research Grants  
Dr. Eleanor Bolton
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
The Role of B Lymphocytes in Chronic Transplant Rejection
Dr. Peter Cowan
St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia
Promoting the Growth of New Blood Vessels to Improve the Survival of Pancreatic Islet Grafts
Dr. Lina Lu
University of Pittsburgh, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, USA
Cell-Based Capsulation: A Novel Approach for Long-Term Islet Allograft Survival
Prof. Frank Rösl
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
Reducing Skin Cancer in Organ-Transplanted Persons
Dr. Alexandra F. Sharland
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Pig Molecules which Activate Human Lymphocytes
Prof. Joost van Meerwijk
INSERM U563, Purpan Hospital, Toulouse, France
Development of a Cell-Based Therapy against Short-Term and Long-Term Graft Rejection
Dr. Bernard Vanhove
ITERT, CHU Hotel Dieu, Nantes, France
Immunosuppression and Tolerance Induction by Selective Inhibition of CD28
   
2. Clinical Research Grants  
Dr. Jan Anthoine Bruijn
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Prognostic Markers in Protocolized Renal Allograft Biopsies
Dr. Luis A. Fernandez
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, USA
Characterization of Human Islet from Non-Heart Beating Donors
Dr. Alvaro Pacheco-Silva
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Detection and Prevention of Patients with Chronic Allograft Nephropathy